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Description: | A small collection of papers covering his service at Gallipoli, April - October 1915, where he served as a Military Landing Officer at V Beach on 25 April (the RIVER CLYDE landing) and later commanded the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers (87th Brigade, 29th Division), including an interesting series of 13 ms letters written to his brother, April - September, a ts account by Lieutenant Colonel H E Tizard, commanding the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers (86th Brigade, 29th Division), of the landing at V Beach, 3 ts letters from General Sir Reginald Wingate, July - September, and 7 ms letters of condolence to his brother from fellow officers and friends following his death in action in September, together with a ts diary extract written by Captain A M Shaw concerning his death at Gallipoli.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1976-04 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Stoney, G B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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